We are the 145th day of the year, it is Eid al-Fitr, the feast of the breaking of the fast in Islam. We celebrate Saint-Donatien. Tortured with his brother Rogatien under Maximin in Nantes, probably around 236, for not wanting to apostatize.
The sun rises two minutes earlier at 05h59 and sets a minute later at 21h36. The saying: " When it rains at Saint-Donatien, it's rain for the coming month ".
- Some May 24 -
1873: General Mac-Mahon becomes president of the French Republic
1899: birth of the French tennis champion Suzanne Lenglen (died July 4, 1938)
1937: the Palais de la Découverte opens its doors as part of the Paris International Exhibition
1964: in Lima, 320 spectators killed and a thousand wounded during a Peru-Argentina match following a crowd movement in the stands
1974: death of jazz musician Duke Ellington
1979: in Cannes, the Palme d'Or is awarded to Francis Ford Coppola for " Apocalypse now " and Volker Schlöndorff for " Le Tambour "
2014: man opens fire in Brussels Jewish museum killing four people
2017: Taiwanese justice issues historic decision on gay marriage, allowing island to become first Asian territory to legalize same-sex unions
- It's their birthday -
Bob Dylan, American singer born in 1941
Jean-Pierre Bacri, actor born in 1951
Kristin Scott Thomas, British actress born in 1960
Eric Cantonna, former footballer and actor born in 1966
